Le Joli Mai Title from English subtitles: The Lovely month of May - 2-disc DVD deluxe edition. , France - Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, [2013] - 2 DVDs (146 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm) - 022600 - 4 3/4 in. video file DVD video region 1

Originally issued as a motion picture in France in 1963. Includes booklet in English. Includes versions with and without an interlude sung by Yves Montand. Restored with the support of CNC; 20 minutes from the original have been cut with the permission of Chris Marker. Original mono soundtrack remastered in Dolby digital 2.0.

Disc 1. Le joli mai: Part I. A prayer from the Eiffel Tower ; Part 2. The return of Fantomas -- Disc 2. Bonus features: Jouer à Paris = Playtime in Paris / un film de Catherine Varlin (1962, 27 min.) ; D\'un lointain regard... = A distant gaze... / un film de Jean Ravel (1964, 12 min.) ; Methode 1, exercice de cinêma en 1962 = Exercise in direct cinema / featuring Pierre Lhomme (1962, 5 min.) ; deleted scenes Booklet. Chris Marker: passionate objectivity -- Pierre Lhomme\'s account -- Sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti\'s account -- Chris Marker -- Interview with Pierre Lhomme -- A discussion of the restoration work on Chris Marker and Pierre Lhomme\'s \'Le joli mai\' -- Points of reference 1962 -- Credits -- Thank you -- Chris Marker, 1921-2012 [filmography] -- Pierre Lhomme, born in 1930-cinematographer [filmography].

Executive producer, Gisèle Rébillon ; photography, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme ; film editor, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère ; music, Michel Legrand ; ; librettiste, Catherine Varlin. Executive producer, Gisèle Rébillon ; photography, Etienne Becker, Denys Clerval, Pierre Villemain, Pierre Lhomme ; film editor, Eva Zora, Annie Meunier, Madeleine Lecompère ; music, Michel Legrand ; ; librettiste, Catherine Varlin.

Narration by Simone Signoret (English version) and Yves Montand (French version).

Filmed just after the March ceasefire between France and Algeria, Le Joli Mai documents Paris during a turning point in French history: the first time since 1939 that France was not involved in any war.--www.icarusfilms.com


DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1); Dolby digital 2.0 mono.


English version with partial English subtitles and French version with English subtitles; optional French subtitles for the hearing impaired and optional audio description in French.

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Paris (France)--Social life and customs.
Paris (France)--History--1944-
Algeria--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1954-1962


Documentary films.

DVD 554A